Siraaj Nadat BEM, Senior Quality of Life Facilitator

Siraaj seeks to ensure that the same opportunities for quality of life are afforded to every member of society.

He has nearly a decade of experience working locally, regionally and nationally on issues that disabled people face. He has worked on a national level with the Department of Health on the monitoring and evaluation group for the Confidential Enquiry into the deaths of people with learning disabilities and he sat on the advisory group for Healthwatch England.

More recently, Siraaj jointly facilitates the IHaL Advisory Group, which brings together self-advocates with learning disabilities and family carers from around the country. He is heavily involved in the work of the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR) Programme, which clarifies any potentially modifiable factors associated with a person's death, and works to ensure that these are not repeated elsewhere.

Siraaj is an experienced and inspirational speaker and regularly leads presentations at conferences and as part of his work in achieving ordinary life outcomes for disabled people.

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